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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_9" title="May 9">May 9</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_Day" title="Europe Day">Europe Day</a></b> in the European Union; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day_(Channel_Islands)" title="Liberation Day (Channel Islands)">Liberation Day</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877" title="1877">1877</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877_Iquique_earthquake" title="1877 Iquique earthquake">An earthquake</a></b> struck northern Chile, leading to the deaths of 2,385 people, mostly victims of the ensuing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunami</a>, as far away as Hawaii and Fiji.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The Japanese <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Ichi_convoy" title="Take Ichi convoy">Take Ichi convoy</a></b> arrived at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halmahera" title="Halmahera">Halmahera</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a> after losing many ships and thousands of troops to Allied attacks while attempting to carry two divisions of troops from China to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> – The Hotel Polen in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> was <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Polen_fire" title="Hotel Polen fire">destroyed by fire</a></b>, leaving 33 people dead.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980" title="1980">1980</a> – Part of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Skyway_Bridge" title="Sunshine Skyway Bridge">Sunshine Skyway Bridge</a></b> in Florida collapsed after a pier was struck by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Summit_Venture" title="MV Summit Venture">MV <i>Summit Venture</i></a>, killing 35 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – Police at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra_Sports_Stadium" title="Accra Sports Stadium">Ohene Djan Stadium</a> in Accra, Ghana, fired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_gas" title="Tear gas">tear gas</a> to quell unrest at a football match, leading to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra_Sports_Stadium_disaster" title="Accra Sports Stadium disaster">a stampede</a></b> that killed 126 people.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Adid" title="Al-Adid">Al-Adid</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1151); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalrymple,_2nd_Earl_of_Stair" title="John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair">John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1747); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukiya_Amano" title="Yukiya Amano">Yukiya Amano</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1947)</p>
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